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The newly announced E.X. Troopers has debuted its first trailer, showcasing gameplay that looks very similar to the original Lost Planet – but with new cel-shaded anime style visuals.

E.X. Troopers – not made in California

E.X. Troopers was revealed earlier this week in the pages of Japanese mag Famitsu, where it was described as an action shooting game for the PlayStation 3 and 3DS by Monster Hunter producer Shintaro Kojima.As you can see from the debut trailer below it features distinctive anime style visuals that are completely unlike Lost Planet’s usual look. The storyline too will be told in manga style cut scenes and feature a group of characters at a military training school.All of which sounds nothing whatsoever like Lost Planet, especially as the third one supposedly now has elements of survival horror. But if you watch the trailer the gameplay itself seems very similar to the first game.You can see the main character running around in third person and using his grappling hook to battle both snow pirates and the insect like Akrid enemies. Giant robots also feature, and although the Gundam style segment in space are new the rest of it really does look like a cel-shaded version of the first game.The PlayStation 3 and 3DS is an odd combination of formats though and it’s not clear which version is a represented in the trailer – but we imagine it’s the 3DS.Lost Planet 3 was announced in April and drew considerable controversy for the fact that it’s being developed by Californian studio Spark Unlimited, whose track record with games like Turning Point and Legendary represents some of the worst shooters of the last generation.

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It’s not as if the original two Lost Planet games were necessarily the most beloved or successful games in Capcom’s back catalogue though, so if both new titles are pursuing completely different approaches that’s probably all for the good.Video:Check out the E.X. Troopers trailer